Mayor Bowser Announces $17 Million in Funding to Transform Medicaid Maternal Health
Washington, DC – Mayor Muriel Bowser announced today that the District of Columbia has been awarded $17 million in federal funding to transform Medicaid maternal health. This funding will be used to implement a new model of care that is designed to improve birth outcomes and reduce health disparities for pregnant and postpartum women of color.
The new model of care, called the CenteringPregnancy model, will provide group prenatal care to low-income women who are enrolled in Medicaid. Group prenatal care has been shown to improve birth outcomes and reduce preterm birth and low birth weight. It also allows women to receive support from other pregnant women and to learn from each other.
The District of Columbia is one of 12 states that have been awarded this funding. The funding will be used to expand the CenteringPregnancy model to six new sites in the District. The new sites will be located in areas with high rates of infant mortality and preterm birth.
“This funding will help us to improve birth outcomes and reduce health disparities for pregnant and postpartum women of color,” said Mayor Bowser. “We are committed to providing all of our residents with access to quality healthcare, and this new model of care will help us to achieve that goal.”
The CenteringPregnancy model is a group-based prenatal care model that has been shown to improve birth outcomes for women of color. In a study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers found that women who participated in the CenteringPregnancy model were less likely to have preterm births or low birth weight babies. They were also more likely to have adequate prenatal care and to breastfeed their babies.
The District of Columbia is committed to improving the health of all of its residents, and this new funding will help to ensure that pregnant women of color have access to the quality healthcare that they need.
Mayor Bowser Announces $17 Million in Funding to Transform Medicaid Maternal Health
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